Pesticide Residues Litter on the highway

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Pesticide ResiduesLitter on the highway?

• Sandra Keller
• SA PIP

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Roads in RSA
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Litter a risk for road safety?

• Residues a risk for food safety?
• There for a good reason
• Not detectable with human senses
• Sweeping doesnt solve the problem

West Sahara
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The problem how it gets there

• Agro-chemicals used during production
• Essential to protect crop
• Potentially harmful to humans, animals and plants
• Regulation and control needed

Cameroon
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Regulation and control in RSA

• What can be used Act 36 of 1947
• Registration per crop
• Application frequency and concentration
• Residue limits - Act 54 of 1972
• Export default MRLs since 2002
• Sampling and analysis PPECB
• Rejection of consignments

Mali
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Regulation and control in EU

• Harmonisation of MRLs in EU
• Review of levels new food safety understanding
• Imports must meet local production standards
• EU inspections or competent authority in third
  country PPECB
• Rapid alert system / Ban of imports

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Risk factors of Residues

• Level of residue in food basket
• Producers dont comply with Act 36
• Act 54 not enforced (food
  safety in SA)
• Control in SA not effective (audit
  samples)
• SA reference doesnt comply with EU limits
• Technical complexity of the matter

Zimbabwe
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Likelihood and consequences

• Level of residue unlikely to affect human health
  consequences unacceptable
• All other factors likely and very likely

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Risk factors of Residues

• Level of residue in food basket
• Producers dont comply with Act 36
• Act 54 not enforced
• (food safety in SA)
• Control in SA not effective (audit samples)
• SA reference doesnt comply with EU limits
• Technical complexity of the matter

Zimbabwe
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Drive to safe fruit and veg.

• Residues a (perceived) risk

Nigeria

• No food safety with exceeded residues

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SA PIP

• Resolve grey area in regulations
• Local registrations
• EU MRL / EU Import Tolerances

• Knowledge and confirmation
• Breakdown curves
• Adaptive research
• Improve practice
• Train farmers
• Available information

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Components of SA PIP
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Clean highway

• SA PIP doesnt sweep, it provides bins
• Food safety depends on stakeholders

Namibia
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Other risk mitigation

• Accredited Laboratories

• Capacity of Registrar

• SOP for representative
• sampling

• Traceability System

• Effective consumer protection in RSA

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Questions ?